2010 Free Agent: Tracy McGrady

[DesignatedT]

Who else would there be? If he is willing to the a vet minimum contract than it's a risk worth taking IMO. If the Spurs and Holt are committed to going over the tax again than who cares. A veteran minimum contract for him is a no brainer. If it doesn't work out you can try to trade him or just release him. I would rather give that a shot than sign nobody at all. He has the size for that position unlike Gee and Anderson who are both still very unproven.

[pad300]

Who else would there be? If he is willing to the a vet minimum contract than it's a risk worth taking IMO. If the Spurs and Holt are committed to going over the tax again than who cares. A veteran minimum contract for him is a no brainer. If it doesn't work out you can try to trade him or just release him. I would rather give that a shot than sign nobody at all. He has the size for that position unlike Gee and Anderson who are both still very unproven.

Yeah, for the vet min, I think he would be a very decent pickup. While he is nowhere near the shooter Brent Barry was, he could bring a similar lubrication effect to our offensive with his vision/passing skills. A barry-esque 20 mpg off the bench could be quite valuable...

And to be very blunt, if SAS wants a shot to win it all this year, they need some unexpected good things happening on a big scale. For example, Jefferson getting his together; not scoring 20 pts, but actually fitting in and putting the D together (which I don't personally hold much hope for) and getting his jumpshot back... Like Anderson playing strong enough to steal minutes from Jefferson... Like Blair or Splitter being breakout players - enough to actually bench Matt Bonner... A T-Mac resurgence would be another shot at that. For a vet min contract that's a chance worth having.

[kobyz]

it's bad management when team manage the team by being thrifty on pennyworth, what is for an owner who pay 70 million another 2 or 3 million, because of this we lost Scola(and maybe les) and we should not return on mistakes like this and miss opportunities!

[ohmwrecker]

I'm pretty sure I read that he signed with the Pistons.

Edit: never mind, not a done deal yet.

[ohmwrecker]

Has anyone seen one article mentioning a Spurs interest in McGrady or vice versa? I haven't seen anything . . . at all.

[DesignatedT]

Has anyone seen one article mentioning a Spurs interest in McGrady or vice versa? I haven't seen anything . . . at all.

nope

[Mark in Austin]

If the Spurs reached out in the past to Damon Stoudamire, they probably already reached out to McGrady. My guess is he's not interested in being a role player on the Spurs. I also think he doesn't have the balls or the heart to play for Pop.

[TMTTRIO]

Interesting that people were ready to let Manu go because he's gotten so injury prone and now they want to sign TMAC.

[ace3g]

ESPN espn

Report: Tracy McGrady agrees with Pistons on one-year contract - http://es.pn/a2f1Jn

WojYahooNBA

Y! Sources: Tracy McGrady, Detroit Pistons reach agreement on a one-year deal: http://yhoo.it/9w2oAO

[coyotes_geek]

Interesting that people were ready to let Manu go because he's gotten so injury prone and now they want to sign TMAC.

Manu got a 3yr/$40 mil extension. TMac would be coming here for league min or BAE. The dollars involved change how you look at the injury risk.

[Bruno]

ESPN espn

Report: Tracy McGrady agrees with Pistons on one-year contract - http://es.pn/a2f1Jn

WojYahooNBA

Y! Sources: Tracy McGrady, Detroit Pistons reach agreement on a one-year deal: http://yhoo.it/9w2oAO

Good news.
McGrady would have been a bad signing for Spurs.

I also don't get the logic behind Detroit signing him. That's a strange move.

[lefty]

Good news.
McGrady would have been a bad signing for Spurs.

I also don't get the logic behind Detroit signing him. That's a strange move.

Even the eventuality of a trade wouldn`t make sense

Who wants Tmac's contract, even if it's cheap?

[ace3g]

Looks like he would have taken a bench role to since that is the reason the Pistons signed him

[Bruno]

Can anyone give a legit reason as to why McGrady would be a bad signing?

He sucks and is bad fit with what Spurs need to fill their roster (defense and 3 point shooting).

[lefty]

Once more, as a player, he's a lot better than Keith Bogans.

And more injury prone

[PM5K]

Yeah we didn't sign Bogans either.

[Bruno]

Once more, as a player, he's a lot better than Keith Bogans.

Well, five years ago...

Have you seen McGrady with the Knicks last year? He was really bad, worse than a player like Bogans.

[Bruno]

I saw McGrady with the Knicks last year and he did just as good as anyone coming off microfracture and not playing from December to basically march. For the minimum, or even as much money as the Spurs have left there were not better options than Shaq and T-Mac. Which means that the Spurs are commuted to a youth movement.

I guess we didn't see the same McGrady...

And it's sure Spurs are committed to a youth movement. They try to sign some young prospects called James Jones and Raja Bell. Raja Bell is a nice prospect who could be very good in a couple of years.

[HarlemHeat37]

McGrady would have had to have made some huge strides during this off-season to be considered a good addition..if you don't pay much, I guess it's a low-risk/high-reward type, but he was really bad in New York last year..

He was one of the worst isolation players in the league..he shot 30% from the field in iso situations, turned it over on almost 20% of his isolation plays, and only scored on 27% of the overall amount of iso plays..he has very little ability to beat his man off the dribble anymore..

He was also one of the worst spot-up shooters in the entire league..he shot 29% in spot-up situations..

His only offensive asset is his pick and roll play..he still scores at a decent level in the p&r, but his passing is pretty much his only strength right now from an offensive standpoint..

Again, maybe he has worked out really hard and gotten into better shape, but he was really bad last year..

Defensively, he was horrible any time he had to move..his lateral quickness is completely gone..

McGrady's name is more valuable than his actual play at this point..

Looking back at my first point(I made this post weeks ago), it appears that McGrady didn't really make huge strides during the off-season, since every team appeared to be extremely cautious about signing him, even including the Clippers..

[Bruno]

Who says the Spurs were trying to sign either? The media? Weren't the Spurs trying to sign half the league at one point? Trade for Vince Carter (and easily could have without giving up any of the big 3). Yet they traded for a player the media had no idea the Spurs were interested in- RJ. My point, don't trust the media. I remember 5 minutes after the Jazz signed Raja Bell Jeff McDonald said something like "The teams interested in Bell are the Lakers, Spurs, Magic, Bulls." Then someone told him he just signed with the Jazz and said "Oh an apparently the Jazz."

Raja Bell said himself that Spurs made him an offer. After all, maybe he is lying...

You consider TMac and Shaq would have been good signings, I consider that both would have been bad ones. Spurs didn't go after them because of that and not because of some kind of youth movement.

[Bruno]

Dikembe Mutombo said the Spurs were interested in him, or at least his agent did. That was just a ploy to make Houston sign him quicker. It happens.

He said it after signing with Utah.
Keep trying...

[MaNu4Tres]

He sucks and is bad fit with what Spurs need to fill their roster (defense and 3 point shooting).

This..